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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. How much grains are to be eaten per day?






2. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






3. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






4. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






5. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






6. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






7. What is RDA of protein?






8. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






9. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






10. What is the function of vitamin E?






11. What does DASH stand for?






12. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






13. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






14. What are healthy sources of fats?






15. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






16. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






17. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






18. Where can you get more vitamin D?






19. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






20. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






21. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






22. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






23. What foods have high quality protein?






24. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






25. What function is vitamin D?






26. The higher the BMR a client has --






27. What is normal albumin levels?






28. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






29. Name six sources of grains






30. What function is vitamin A?






31. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






32. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






33. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






34. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






35. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






36. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






37. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






38. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






39. What is normal BMI?






40. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






41. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






42. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?






43. What type of people need extra protein?






44. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






45. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






46. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






47. When does BMR increase?






48. Sources of fats






49. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






50. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?